[DeTomaso] LPC: Radar in the rain
Boyd Casey
boyd411 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 14 12:18:51 EST 2014
The benefit (to the police) of the radar gun is it's "instant on" which
makes a radar detector all but useless. (unless as Larry said you are
fortunate enough to have the police try to get someone in front of you and
your detector picks up the residual signal. Other wise by the time you hear
the warning you have already been clocked!
On a side note there has been a recent development here on long
Island concerning photo radar. Apparently the authorities installed a bunch
of photo radar traps in the area while I was in the hospital.They neglected
to put up any warning signs. With in a two weeks of my release from the
hospital I got to school zone tickets 31 in a 20 and 33 in a 20 $80 each
(no points or any other penalty just cash).
The area where I got nailed is at the same high school I graduated from and
it has a huge piece of property with several acres containing a baseball
diamond , a football field (with stands) a soccer field , it's huge! The
school zone signs don't encompass the entire property. The end around a 1/4
of a mile past the intersection near the school's main entrance. The road
that runs along the athletic fields (that has no intersections and people
generally drive around 40 mph) is where they installed to Photo radar
array. This is the spot where they got me. Apparently this has happened all
over the county and the public has freaked out. So last week they announced
that signs would be going up and anybody that was ticketed before the
signage was in place will be getting their tickets rescinded and their
fines refunded. So that was good news for me!
Boyd
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com
> wrote:
>
> Tomas wrote -
> I know that the camera boxes use radar but does anyone use
>
> manually operated radar anymore? I thought they had all changed to laser
> guns.
>
>
> -----
>
>
> Here in CA, the CHP uses radar (Ka band) and laser.
>
>
> As I understand it, laser must be from a stationary position and very
> close to a
> straight (not from an angle) shot at the target.
>
> I've seen them hiding on highway overpasses to get that position.
>
>
> Radar now all appears to be instant-on, though some officers drive with it
> alway
> s on.
>
> Radar is not as picky about the aim of the signal, and works just fine
> from a mo
> ving vehicle.
>
>
> With my Valentine, I find that as long as there is an ahead-of-me-rabbit
> to moti
> vate a Chipie to hit his instant-on, the scatter from that radar burst
>
> will trip my detector up to over two miles ahead.
>
>
> Same benefit from a radar sitiuated behind you, and with the Valentine
> you'll kn
> ow the direction to look.
>
>
> Headed up the 101 years ago to a PCNC meeting, moving at a 'brisk' rate,
> the rea
> r arrows lit up with plenty of time
>
> to slow down and thus frustrate the CHP motorcycle officer who paced in my
> RH bl
> ind spot for several miles until he finally gave up
>
> and moved ahead of me.
>
>
> Cat and mouse at its finest. :-)
>
>
> YMMV
>
>
> Larry - "Why no, officer, I don't know why you pulled me over, Perhaps you
> thoug
> ht I had some donuts?"
>
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The benefit (to the police) of the radar gun is it's "instant on" which
makes a radar detector all but useless. (unless as Larry said you are
fortunate enough to have the police try to get someone in front of you
and your detector picks up the residual signal. Other wise by the time
you hear the warning you have already been clocked!
A A A A A A On a side note there has been a recent development here on
long Island concerning photo radar. Apparently the authorities
installed a bunch of photo radar traps in the area while I was in the
hospital.They neglected to put up any warning signs. With in a two
weeks of my release from the hospital I got to school zone tickets 31
in a 20 and 33 in a 20 $80 each (no points or any other penalty just
cash).
The area where I got nailed is at the same high school I graduated from
and it has a huge piece of property with several acres containing a
baseball diamond , a football field (with stands) a soccer field , it's
huge! The school zone signs don't encompass the entire property. The
end around a 1/4 of a mile past the intersection near the school's main
entrance. The road that runs along the athletic fields (that has no
intersections and people generally drive around 40 mph) is where they
installed to Photo radar array. This is the spot where they got me.
Apparently this has happened all over the county and the public has
freaked out. So last week they announced that signs would be going up
and anybody that was ticketed before the signage was in place will be
getting their tickets rescinded and their fines refunded. So that was
good news for me!
Boyd
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
<[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
A A Tomas wrote -
I know that the camera boxes use radar but does anyone use
manually operated radar anymore? I thought they had all changed to
laser guns.
-----
Here in CA, the CHP uses radar (Ka band) and laser.
As I understand it, laser must be from a stationary position and
very close to a
A straight (not from an angle) shot at the target.
I've seen them hiding on highway overpasses to get that position.
Radar now all appears to be instant-on, though some officers drive
with it alway
s on.
Radar is not as picky about the aim of the signal, and works just
fine from a mo
ving vehicle.
With my Valentine, I find that as long as there is an
ahead-of-me-rabbit to moti
vate a Chipie to hit his instant-on, the scatter from that radar
burst
will trip my detector up to over two miles ahead.
Same benefit from a radar sitiuated behind you, and with the
Valentine you'll kn
ow the direction to look.
Headed up the 101 years ago to a PCNC meeting, moving at a 'brisk'
rate, the rea
r arrows lit up with plenty of time
to slow down and thus frustrate the CHP motorcycle officer who paced
in my RH bl
ind spot for several miles until he finally gave up
and moved ahead of me.
Cat and mouse at its finest. :-)
YMMV
Larry - "Why no, officer, I don't know why you pulled me over,
Perhaps you thoug
ht I had some donuts?"
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